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Herman vs Kovalev

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HermanWinner
86.9

Herman wins: Honours

Kovalev
86.9

Kovalev wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pete Herman
86.9

Herman leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time world bantamweight champion of the 1910s and 1920s.

1. Pete Herman
86.9
2. Sergey Kovalev
86.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇷🇺 Sergey Kovalev5 years played · career day 1,825400 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Herman5 years played · career day 1,826311 title wins
-22.2% vs Kovalev at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Herman004599232638
🇷🇺 Kovalev0068142400752

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricHermanRetiredKovalevRetired
World title reigns2
Career wins68
Knockouts2129
Career bouts148
Title fights8
World titles won3
Title defences9
Professional wins34
Unification wins2
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Herman86.9
Kovalev86.9
The people
Herman
Kovalev

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